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Stan Ingold Dabney Montgomery, who served with the all-black Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and marched with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 93. His wife, Amelia Montgomery, said he died of natural causes Saturday morning at a Manhattan hospice care facility. He had lived in Harlem until he entered the facility August 25th. Montgomery was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. His widow says the heels of his shoes and the tie he wore on the famous 1965 Selma to Montgomery march with King will be part of the permanent collection at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. when it opens on September 24th. Montgomery served as a ground crewman with the Tuskegee Airmen in southern Italy during the war. Tuskegee Airman Dabney Montgomery Dieshttp://apr.org/post/tuskegee-airman-dabney-montgomery-dies
97428 as http://apr.orgSun, 04 Sep 2016 20:14:32 +0000Tuskegee Airman Dabney Montgomery DiesDon Noble“In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust” Author: Dan J. Puckett Publisher: The University of Alabama Press Pages: 326 Price: $44.95 (Hardback) ; $34.95 (Paperback) Dan Puckett, who teaches history at Troy University, has published a scholarly history of Jews in Alabama, not covering all aspects from 1795 till now, but focusing on the run-up to WWII, escapees, Naziism and the war itself, displaced persons, and Zionism. Those already interested in Jewish history will be his first readers, but “In the Shadow of Hitler” is clearly written as well as extensively documented and those unfamiliar with Jewish Alabama history will learn more than they anticipated. To begin with, Jews have always constituted a sliver of the population: in 1935, in Alabama, there were 12,000, less than one percent. There were 214,000 Jews in the entire South, compared with 2 million in New York City. Most Jewish immigrants, whether from Germany or Eastern Europe, haveIn The Shadow of Hitler: Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust By: Dan Pucketthttp://apr.org/post/shadow-hitler-alabamas-jews-second-world-war-and-holocaust-dan-puckett
97329 as http://apr.orgFri, 02 Sep 2016 14:02:05 +0000In The Shadow of Hitler: Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust By: Dan PuckettDon Noble“The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II” Author: Winston Groom Publisher: National Geographic Books Pages: 512 Price: $30.00 (Hardcover) “The Generals,” Groom’s tenth volume of military history, tells the stories of George Patton, George Marshall and Douglas MacArthur. It was only two years ago that Winston Groom published “The Aviators,” the story of three pioneers: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle and Charles Lindberg. Whereas “The Aviators” was in part a tale of engineering, technological advances in aviation, metallurgy, aircraft design, engines, fuel, navigation, as well as courage, “The Generals” is more personal, and focuses on the powers of leadership, the genius, obsession, charisma and personal bravery of these three talented, ambitious and truly unusual men. Patton was possibly the most eccentric. He was the richest officer in the U.S. Army, Groom writes, in peacetime traveled with a string of polo ponies and, when he felt like it,"The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II" By Winston Groomhttp://apr.org/post/generals-patton-macarthur-marshall-and-winning-world-war-ii-winston-groom
83671 as http://apr.orgMon, 14 Dec 2015 17:37:03 +0000"The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II" By Winston GroomMacKenzie Bates U.S. Coast Guard officials say they have suspended the search for a 30-year-old man in the waters near Dauphin Island. Officials with Coast Guard say the search ended late last night. Daniel Sewell had been missing from Fort Gaines since Wednesday afternoon. Friends have said Sewell told them he planned to go swimming. The search covered more than 480 square miles during 22 hours of continuous searching. World War II veterans will have the chance to reunite tomorrow. Montevallo will host the Honor Flight Birmingham and the Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive Programs. The reunion is to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Pam Nichols is the founder of Honor Flight Birmingham. She says this is a way to remember this generation and how they saved the world. “Most of these veterans now are ninety years old and older, so this is one of the last opportunities probably for many of these veterans for all of us to say thank you.” The event will be held at the AlabamaCoast Guard suspends search for missing man, Alabama Tax-Free Weekendhttp://apr.org/post/coast-guard-suspends-search-missing-man-alabama-tax-free-weekend
76861 as http://apr.orgFri, 07 Aug 2015 21:41:58 +0000Coast Guard suspends search for missing man, Alabama Tax-Free WeekendJeremy LoebSchool students in Birmingham are learning about a Jewish musical prodigy from the Holocaust. Over a thousand young people throughout Birmingham are reading “The Children of Willesden Lane” by Grammy-nominated pianist Mona Golabek. It’s about Golabek’s mother. She was a 14 year old piano player in Vienna whose dreams of being a concert pianist were interrupted by World War II. Ann Mollengarden is education coordinator for the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center. She says stories about the Holocaust resonate for kids. Ann Mollengarden: “A lot of the stories that are written are written by people that were young at the time and they are experiencing the same thing that everyone else is experiencing: their life changing around them, and their world being turned upside down, and the family relationships and getting along with parents and not getting along with parents, and separation. They’re adolescent issues that kids relate to. They cannot believe that all of this happened. TheyBirmingham Kids Learning About the Holocausthttp://apr.org/post/birmingham-kids-learning-about-holocaust
49428 as http://apr.orgTue, 01 Apr 2014 18:23:39 +0000Birmingham Kids Learning About the HolocaustAssociated PressFor former state Rep. Pete Turnham of Auburn, "The Monuments Men" is not a Hollywood movie about World War II. It's part of his life. The 93-year-old businessman spent the summer and fall of 1945 guarding a Bavarian castle where the Nazis hid thousands of artworks seized during the war. Turnham was the company commander for 200 troops who guarded Neuschwanstein Castle to make sure none of the art was stolen or destroyed while experts worked on returning it to the rightful owners. Turnham says it was scary to be responsible for the security of millions worth of art, but they never had any trouble. He's not surprised that George Clooney made a movie about the recovery of the art. He says it's a great story."Monuments Men" Resonates with Former Legislatorhttp://apr.org/post/monuments-men-resonates-former-legislator
46927 as http://apr.orgSun, 16 Feb 2014 16:11:47 +0000"Monuments Men" Resonates with Former LegislatorRyan Vasquez Tuskegee city officials say Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene Carter, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died. Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford said Carter died Thursday afternoon at East Alabama Medical Center. He was 95. Carter flew 77 missions and crashed landed only once. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black aviators in the U.S. military. They were trained in Alabama at the Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University, as a segregated unit during World War II. Ford said he's ordered all U.S. flags in Tuskegee to be flown at half-staff. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.Original Member Of The Tuskegee Airmen Dies http://apr.org/post/original-member-tuskegee-airmen-dies
20522 as http://apr.orgFri, 09 Nov 2012 22:54:01 +0000Original Member Of The Tuskegee Airmen Dies